Government hides report on Biak killings
By Linda Kaucher
The Australian Defence Department has refused a freedom of information request concerning West Papua put to the Department of Foreign Affairs. When Indonesian armed forces reacted
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Indonesian regime backtracking on Budiman release?
By James Balowski
On March 9, the Indonesian daily Kompas claimed that the chairperson of the People's Democratic Party (PRD), Budiman Sujatmiko, had rejected an offer of clemency by the
By Vannessa Hearman
MELBOURNE — The Textile, Clothing and Footwear Union of Australia (TCFUA) is prosecuting Nike and three other garment manufacturers (Swiss Model, Apple and Motto) in the Federal Court for alleged breaches of the industry
Mining a lode of cultural pride
ROSEBERY, Tasmania — Tough times are often the catalyst for cultural expression. SARAH MAGUIRE reports on the "tough-as-steel" West Coast miners — and their artistic side. "We are the women and children,
Of the
By Allen Myers
A standing joke among critics of Victorian Premier Jeff Kennett is that the slogan he put on car registration plates, "Victoria — on the move", is only too true: since he has been in office, there has been a steady drift of
The new 'new middle class' — not!
By Jonathan Singer Federal ALP backbencher Mark Latham announced in a February 23 Australian Financial Review article that "wired workers" are "a constituency social democrats have long dreamt about. Now the
Equality before the law?
By Tony Iltis
HOBART — On March 4, Robyn Scotney from Bridgewater was jailed for a year for "defrauding the commonwealth". Her actual crime? She had failed to notify Centrelink that she was in a "de facto" relationship.
NT stolen generation in court
By Rebecca Meckelburg
DARWIN — On March 1, 1999, Cubillo and Gunner v the Commonwealth opened in the Federal Court in Darwin. These test cases represent the interests of some 700 stolen generation people in the
The campaign to stop uranium mining has a long and proud history in Australia. During the 1970s and '80s, thousands of people took to the streets to campaign against Australia's involvement in the nuclear cycle. In the early 1980s more than 300,000
Cabaret Resist! to focus on women
By Dave Riley
BRISBANE — With poetry, monologues, percussion, songs and boppy melodies from the band Delta Skelter, the first Cabaret Resist! at the Resistance Centre on February 26 was an up-beat night
Community Legal Centres resist restructuring
By Graham Matthews
BRISBANE — On March 8, about 50 community legal centre (CLC) workers, management committee members and supporters attended a public meeting to hear an explanation of the federal
Yugoslavia and history
By Michael Karadjis
Jerome Fitzgerald ("Write on", GLW #348) correctly points to the importance of history and the need to get our facts right. Unfortunately, he repeats some common views on the conflicts in Yugoslavia
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